DHAWAN TAKES INDIA TO FINALS

Pretoria: India A crushed South Africa An in a high-scoring 50-over experience and fixed their spot in the last of the Tri-arrangement. 

Pacer Ishwar Pandey took 4-76, while Jaydev Unadkat scalped two wickets. 

Prior, Shikhar Dhawan stroked his direction to a rankling 248 off only 150 balls as India "A" posted a mammoth 433 for three against South Africa "An" in the virtual elimination round match of the tri-arrangement including "A" groups here today. 

Dhawan hit 30 fours and seven sixes in his dazing thump at the LC de Villiers Oval in India's keep going adjust robin class match. Australia "An" are now through to the Wednesday's last match. 

The 27-year-old Dhawan passed up a major opportunity for a planet record deed by only 20 runs. 

The Delhi batsman, who holds the planet record of hitting the speediest century on Test introduction, turned into the second most noteworthy singular scorer in the history of List An amusements (restricted overs matches) behind previous England and Surrey batsman Alistair Brown. 

Tan had scored 268 for Surrey against Glamorgan at Oval again on July 19, 2002. 

Dhawan imparted 285 hurries to chief Cheteshwar Pujara (109) for the second wicket from just 33.2 overs as India butchered the home side bowlers to tameness after the going by side selected to bat. 

Pujara's 97-ball unbeaten ton was bound with eight fours. The other opener Murali Vijay contributed with a 37-ball 40. 

Corroded Theron was the most exorbitant bowler as he yielded 98 runs in his 10 overs however he took a wicket. Hardus Viljoen yielded 94 runs in his eight overs while a 

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 The youthful swing bowler's mind blowing figures of 6-1-8-4 stopped Lanka's chase for a reconsidered focus of 178 in 26 overs, a starting breakdown expediting full-blown obliteration and finishing up in a reward focus win for Virat Kohli's group.

By righteousness of being the top two sides in the quarrel individually, India and Sri Lanka will challenge the last on Thursday.

In any case like the particular case that went before it, this match excessively gave off an impression of being heading into a store day after sprinkle limited India's first innings 119/3 in 29 overs.

The climate left time enough just for Sri Lanka to bat. What's more India's unassuming aggregate was loaned a finish of battle and respectability, because of the secretive courses of the Duckworth-Lewis comparison.

Two in two

India needed to confine Lanka to 167 to win with the reward focus and stretch out beyond the Windies' Net Run Rate. They started in right sincere with releases off successive balls. Bhuvneshwar's point depleted the left-hander Upul Tharanga.

On the following ball, the Meerut fellow trapped Kumar Sangakkara leg some time recently, despite the fact that replays demonstrated a fringe choice with reference to stature. Bhuvneshwar then beat Dinesh Chandimal's outside edge on the cap trap conveyance as the harmed MS Dhoni looked on gladly from the changing area.

More show unfolded when Yadav wounded Chandimal's correct elbow with malicious pace, reproducing the torrid time Lasith Malinga and Angelo Mathews had given to Rohit Sharma when India batted.

Mahela goes

Bhuvneshwar took his third as Mahela Jayawardene (11) stepped back and cleaved the bowler to third man and his fourth when Lahiru Thirimanne (0) slapped him straight to Kohli at front.

Lanka were 40/4 after ten overs and the spinners, R. Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, finished the customs. The pursuit finished on 96 in 24.4 overs.

Rohit battered

It was Rohit's arduous, unbeaten 48 that structured the heft of his group's aggregate after Mathews chose to field in supportive conditions for crease knocking down some pins.

The Lankan commander rocked the bowling alley five overs for only five runs while Malinga's three incorporated a lady to Kohli and tried for what added up to seven runs.

Rohit was nailed on the case, rapped on the gloves and dropped by Jeevan Mendis at focus. Anyhow he combat through everything even as the in-structure Shikhar Dhawan (15) gave Mathews the charge and edged to slip for India's first wicket.

Moderate going

The going was moderate and only 37 fell off the obligatory Powerplay. Captain Kohli (31) gazed out of sorts as he battled to check the length of conveyances.

One such misinterpretation cost him dear: trapped on the backfoot by a Rangana Herath slider. Dinesh Karthik (12) was finished in comparative manner, his specific case including the ball colliding with the stumps.

When Rohit looked to take advantage of his time used in the center, mists had assembled and the driving force, plus a six off the left-arm spinner, never came.

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Pakistan Plays for Pride Against India

The effect would just be of scholarly investment however it is unrealistic to be just a different dead elastic when conventional adversaries India and Pakistan tackle one another in their last Group B match of the Champions Trophy on Saturday. 

Like each time they have crashed in the history of the diversion, main rivals India and Pakistan will be taking crisp monitor at Edgbaston on Saturday. 

With India as of recently in the elimination rounds and Pakistan out of the rivalry, the final Group B class installation of the Icc Champions Trophy will just be of scholarly investment, yet just. 

The point when the Champions Trophy tickets went online available to be purchased in April not long from now, it took the greater part of 30 minutes for the allotted tickets to be slurped up. The voracious request from Indian and Pakistani fans will mean Saturday's amusement will be more than a dead elastic. 

Birmingham is the second generally crowded city outside of London. The city is home to a stout mass of Asian expats whose unquenchable longing for cricket has dependably seen Edgbaston wearing its prettiest dress when India and Pakistan play. 

No less than 90 for every penny of the 25,000 limit swarm is relied upon to be partitioned between the sub-mainland cricket titans. 

There are numerous courses to take a gander at any India versus Pakistan crash. From a gushing angle, supporters of both groups will begin without any preparation yet the last mathematical statement will be dead set by how the players eventually perform in the center. 

Like any such fight where mind and matter go as one, Saturday's challenge will be special as it will test both aptitude and mental sturdiness of the players. 

With nothing to lose, Pakistan might be a perilous foe. The anguish of slamming out of the Champions Trophy after two appalling exhibitions against West Indies and South Africa will be in a flash disregarded if Pakistan can prevail over India, the supreme World Cup champions and the No. 1 Odi group as per the Icc. 

Champions Trophy history is, obviously, favoring Pakistan. They have never lost to India in six releases of this occasion. 

Pakistan's first score in this competition took a swing at Edgbaston in September, 2004. Pursuing 201 for a score, Mohammad Yousuf (then regarded as Yousuf Youhana) scored an unbeaten 81 to grapple Pakistan to a three-wicket triumph with four balls to extra. 

In head-to-head, Pakistan made it 2-0 against India in the Champions Trophy with a 54-run score at the Supersport Park in Centurion in September 2009. 

Immaculately on structure, India have an exceptional opportunity to draw one once again at Pakistan this time. A score will take India to the highest point of Group B with six full focuses and they will go to Cardiff to play the No. 2 group in Group A. 

India opened their Champions Trophy battle against South Africa in Cardiff with a 26-run triumph on June 6. 

Groups from: 

India: Ms Dhoni (Capt. & wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Murali Vijay, Vinay Kumar and Umesh Yadav. 

Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq (Capt.), Nasir Jamshed, Imran Farhat, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal (wk), Shoaib Malik, Asad Shafiq, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Asad Ali, Wahab Riaz, Umer Amin, Abdul Rehman, Ehsan Adil. 

Match realities 

Saturday June 15, 2013 

Begin time 10.30am neighborhood (0930 Gmt, 1500 Ist, 2.30pm Pkt) 

India Beat Pakistan in Wet Birmingham

An awe inspiring exhibition by the Indian bowlers set up a thorough 8 wicket triumph for the Men in Blue at Wet Birmingham on Saturday. 

Shikhar Dhawan crushed a 41-ball 48. 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the Man of the match for his spell of 8-2-19-2. 

The target has been changed again after the sprinkle postponement, India now need to pursue 102 runs in 22 overs to score the tie. 

India were playing at 63/1 in 11.3 overs, when drizzle again halted the match. 

The stoppage came soon after India lost Rohit Sharma (18) in the eleventh over, after a strong 58-run opening stand with in-shape Shikhar Dhawan. 

Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal gave Pakistan their first achievement, when Misbah-ul-Haq took a basic get in the midwicket to send back Rohit to the structure. 

India continued their run pursue a different sprinkle stop, which set new amended focus of 157 runs for them in 36 overs. The introductory modified focus for India was 168 runs in 40 overs. 

India agreeably arrived at 47/0 in 8.1 overs, when the play was halted for the third time because of downpour. 

Dhawan and Sharma proceeded their furiously hot structures to establish an exceptional framework for India in their hunt against Pakistan. 

Prior, India put on a stunning showcase in the field to bowl out Pakistan for 165 in 39.4 overs in a downpour hit match. 

Four bowlers asserted two wickets every and the final two batsmen were pursued out India sent Pakistan into bat before banner waving supporters from both sides who pressed the Edgbaston stands. 

The match drew a full house in spite of the fact that it held just scholarly investment since India had recently fit the bill for the elimination rounds and Pakistan are out of the race in the wake of losing both their past diversions. 

The diversion was lessened to 40-overs-a-side because of downpour stoppages. Further terrible climate has been conjecture over Birmingham for whatever remains of the day. 

Asad Shafiq best scored with 41 and Umar Amin made 27 not out, yet Pakistan's batting misfortunes that had resolute them through the competition proceeded. 

Opener Nasir Jamshed, whose past five innings against India incorporated three centuries and a half-century, supervised just two when he was gobbled up in the slips off Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. 

Pakistan trudged to 7-1 in the first five overs, preceding a spread driven limit by Mohammad Hafeez off Umesh Yadav, transformed a flurry of fours from either end. 

Pakistan moved to 50/1 in 12 overs when a 15-moment intrusion because of light rain brought about them further inconvenience. 

Hafeez, who hit five limits in his 27, fell on the first ball after resumption, edging Kumar to a plunging Mahendra Singh Dhoni antiquated. 

Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq assisted Shafiq put on 54 runs for the fourth wicket on either side of a second drizzle stoppage, before he was knocked down some pins by Ravindra Jadeja for 22. 

Shafiq was rejected with the assistance of a Tv survey after umpire Richard Kettleborough at first denied a get down the leg-side by Dhoni off Ishant Sharma. 

Shoaib Malik was trapped leg-before by Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin, who had prior released Kamran Akmal, knocked down some pins Wahab Riaz to diminish Pakistan to 140/7. 

Prior, India chief Ms Dhoni has won the hurl and chose to field first in final Group B match of Champions Trophy. 

India are unaltered, while just change in Pakistan, Imran Farhat is out and Asad Shafiq is back. 

Groups 

India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, Ms Dhoni (Captain & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav 

Pakistan: Nasir Jamshed, Kamran Akmal (wk), Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Umar Amin, Misbah-ul-Haq (Captain), Shoaib Malik, Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan 

Concise scores 

Pakistan 165 (Shafiq 41) 

India 102/2 (Dhawan 48) 

Result India won by 8 wickets 

Focuses India 2, Pakistan 0 

Mother Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India) 

England Reached Champions Trophy Semifinal

England defeated a vivacious test from New Zealand and crushed them by 10 hurries to fit the bill for the semi-finals in Champions Trophy. 

Alastair Cook hit a forceful 64 while James Anderson grabbed 3 wickets. Alastair Cook is the man of the match for his thump of 64. 

Pursuing 170-run target, New Zealand battled as they lost wickets at normal interims. 

Kane Williamson (67) strolled once again to the structure when he neglected to tidy the spread up a Stuart Broad conveyance and was gotten by James Anderson. 

Williamson had advanced the New Zealand assault and was ended up being a danger for England. 

Corey Anderson was rejected soon after Williamson when he labored a Tim Bresnan conveyance and discovered James Anderson at long-on. With two settled batsmen out of the field, England tightened their grasp on the diversion. 

New Zealand got off to a terrible begin as they lost Luke Ronchi and Martin Guptill in snappy succession. 

James Anderson struck twice in same over to uproot Ronchi and Guptill and leave New Zealand tottering at 14/2 in 4 overs. 

Tim Bresnan included New Zealand troubles by rejecting Ross Taylor and gave England an early edge. 

Ravi Bopara likewise joined the part, uprooting Brendon Mccullum and James Franklin in his successive overs to lessen the Kiwis to 62/5 in 13.5 overs. 

Prior, New Zealand rejected England for 169 in a crux match in Cardiff on Sunday lessened by drizzle to 24 overs for every side. 

New Zealand might have had a more modest aggregate to pursue had not Nathan Mccullum dropped Alastair Cook, who beat scored with 64, three times preceding sticking onto a chance off his own particular rocking the bowling alley to end the England skipper's 47-ball innings. 

Left-hander Cook was dropped on 14, 37 and 45 by Nathan Mccullum, who did take four gets from seven shots. 

Seamer Kyle Mills returned figures of four wickets for 30 runs and left-arm snappy Mitchell Mcclenaghan three for 36, with England losing their final seven wickets for only 28 runs as their innings finished with three balls to extra. 

The downpour at long last yielded and the England-New Zealand match was diminished to a 24-overs for every-side challenge. New Zealand had prior won the hurl and chose to bowl first. 

Corey Anderson is making his introduction for New Zealand, set up of Tim Southee. 

Graeme Swann is out in view of a calf damage James Tredwell supplanted him. 

Groups 

England: Alastair Cook (Captain), Ian Bell, Jonathan Trott, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler (wk), Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, James Tredwell, James Anderson 

New Zealand: Luke Ronchi (wk), Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, James Franklin, Brendon Mccullum (Captain), Daniel Vettori, Nathan Mccullum, Corey Anderson, Kyle Mills, Mitchell Mcclenaghan 

Indian Retained Squad for WI Tri-series

The national selectors on Monday decided to hold the Indian squad that is at present tuning in the Champions Trophy for the upcoming tri-game plan in West Indies starting June 28. 

The third aggregation of the tri-course of action is Sri Lanka and the matches will be played in Antigua, Jamaica and Trinidad. 

With the Indian aggregation performing amazingly in the advancing Champions Trophy where they have possessed all the necessary qualities for the disposal adjusts with an all-score record in the get together assembly arranges, any movements in the present gathering was fundamentally out of request. 

Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain & wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Murali Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Irfan Pathan, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Vinay Kumar.